If you’re anything like me, you probably read a lot of books and forget a lot about them as well after reading them (also see: being ADHD)
Is there one specific book whose plot, characters, setting you just can’t get out of your mind and still think about today even when in the midst of another book?
For me, it’s 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. I think due to the sheer volume of this book (clocked in over 1000 pages) I was so invested in Tengo and Aomame’s stories that it’s quite impossible to forget them quickly. This is also why I prefer long novels, because they stick around in my memory for longer!
So what book is still stuck with you?
I finally read Catch-22 over the summer, and it still haunts me. The way things have gone the last few years, it’s hardly even satire.
I didn’t expect it to be so funny. Must read more Heller.
I reread it every few years, it’s always timely, the bullshit never stops.
Just finished this whilst working last week, the bit McWatt / Kid Sampson bit ruined me for a day or two.
I’m reading it at the moment - I’m about 25% of the way through and struggling a bit with how its written, but very much enjoying it.
Yeah, this was my second go at it. You definitely have to read a bit and let it settle, read and settle. Or, at least, I did.